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TIL that the entire Pixar staff had to take a graduate class in Fish Biology before making Finding Nemo.

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graKL TIL that 19 species of fern were named after Lady Gaga because they bear a distinct DNA sequence spelling GAGA and for "her [Lady Gaga's] fervent defense of equality and individual expression"
k95m TIL the phrase “Humble pie” originated from umble pies meaning pies made of deer organs.
Kj04 TIL: Scott Adams (Dilbert) once wore “a wig and false mustache, [and] successfully impersonated a management consultant and tricked Logitech managers into adopting a mission statement that Adams described as "so impossibly complicated that it has no real content whatsoever”.“
VMZ4G TIL that Jackson Mountain, located in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, is named after Charles Thomas Jackson, a state geologist in the 19th century.
69p8Y TIL the lineage of common dandelion (taraxacum officinale) introduced to the US from Europe is entirely clonal, while in its native range both clonal and sexually reproducing lineages co-occur and mix.